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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; AFI FEST</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/afi-fest/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:07:03 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Rwanda Genocide, Sushi Chef, Matthias Schoenaerts: AFI FEST 2011 Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/matthias-schoenaerts-rwanda-genocide-sushi-chef-afi-fest/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/matthias-schoenaerts-rwanda-genocide-sushi-chef-afi-fest/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:14:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35806</guid> <description><![CDATA[Matthias Schoenaerts, Bullhead AFI FEST 2011, currently being held in Los Angeles, has announced the winners of its audience and jury awards. The Breakthrough section Audience Award winner was Alexandra-Therese Keining's Swedish romantic drama With Every Heartbeat, starring Ruth Vega Fernandez and Liv Mjönes as two women who meet and fall in love at a family wedding. Michaël R. Roskam's Belgian [not Dutch, as previously [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/matthias-schoenaerts-rwanda-genocide-sushi-chef-afi-fest/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Swedish Lesbian Romance, Belgian Crime Drama: AFI FEST 2011 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lesbian-romance-afi-fest-2011-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lesbian-romance-afi-fest-2011-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:22:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35804</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, With Every Heartbeat Rwanda Genocide, Sushi Chef, Matthias Schoenaerts: AFI FEST 2011 Awards AUDIENCE AWARDS Breakthrough Section (award accompanied by a $5,000 cash prize) WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT by Alexandra-Therese Keining New Auteurs Section BULLHEAD by Michaël R. Roskam World Cinema Section A tie: JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI by David Gelb and KINYARWANDA by Alrick Brown Young Americans Section WUSS by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lesbian-romance-afi-fest-2011-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Steven Soderbergh/HAYWIRE Secret Screening: AFI FEST 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steven-soderbergh-haywire-afi-fest-2011/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steven-soderbergh-haywire-afi-fest-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:48:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35717</guid> <description><![CDATA[Steven Soderbergh's action-thriller Haywire, starring Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton and martial arts star Gina Carano (photo) is AFI FEST 2011's “Secret Screening.” Haywire will be presented tonight at 9:30 p.m. The synopsis below is from the AFI FEST press release: &#8230; Haywire tells the story of Mallory Kane, a highly trained operative who works for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steven-soderbergh-haywire-afi-fest-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pedro Almodóvar Selects Four Classics, LAW OF DESIRE Screening: AFI FEST 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pedro-almodovar-afi-fest-2011-law-of-desire/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pedro-almodovar-afi-fest-2011-law-of-desire/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:44:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35551</guid> <description><![CDATA[AFI FEST 2011 Guest Artistic Director Pedro Almodóvar has selected the following classic thrillers to be presented at the festival: Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face, Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle rouge, Edmund Goulding's Nightmare Alley, and Robert Siodmak's The Killers. Why this particular quartet? &#34;Because in some way, albeit tangentially, they have a relationship with my present.&#34; Eyes Without a Face, in which a doctor [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pedro-almodovar-afi-fest-2011-law-of-desire/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lesbian Romance, Teen Pregnancy, Hallucinogenic Sci-Fier, Killer Dad: AFI FEST 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lesbian-romance-teen-pregnancy-hallucinogenic-sci-fi/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lesbian-romance-teen-pregnancy-hallucinogenic-sci-fi/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:08:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35539</guid> <description><![CDATA[Liv Mjönes, Ruth Vega Fernandez, With Every Heartbeat BREAKTHROUGH SELECTIONS EXPECTING: In Chile, a young girl and her boyfriend wait for a black-market drug to take effect in this tense and insightful examination of teen pregnancy. DIR/SCR Francisca Fuenzalida. Chile. U.S. Premiere. LIGHT OF MINE: Rapidly going blind, photographer Owen and his wife Laura take a life-changing trip to Yellowstone National Park where they experience [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lesbian-romance-teen-pregnancy-hallucinogenic-sci-fi/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Vanessa Paradis/CAFÉ DU FLORE, FAUST, ARIRANG, A SEPARATION: AFI FEST 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vanessa-paradis-cafe-du-flore-faust-arirang/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vanessa-paradis-cafe-du-flore-faust-arirang/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:28:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35541</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jean-Marc Vallée's Café du Flore Chantal Akerman, Joseph Cedar, Béla Tarr, Nuri Bilge Ceylan: AFI FEST 2011 World Cinema Selections ARIRANG: Traumatized by a near-fatal accident during filming, director Kim Ki-duk offers a visionary self-portrait of a troubled artist reeling from an emotional breakdown. DIR Kim Ki-duk. South Korea. U.S. Premiere. CAFÉ DU FLORE: In his follow-up to C.R.A.Z.Y., Jean Marc Vallée tells two parallel [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vanessa-paradis-cafe-du-flore-faust-arirang/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Chantal Akerman, Joseph Cedar, Béla Tarr, Nuri Bilge Ceylan: AFI FEST 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/chantal-akerman-joseph-cedar-nuri-bilge-ceylan/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/chantal-akerman-joseph-cedar-nuri-bilge-ceylan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:25:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35537</guid> <description><![CDATA[Chantal Akerman (center), Almayer's Folly WORLD CINEMA SELECTIONS ALMAYER'S FOLLY: Chantal Akerman loosely adapts Joseph Conrad’s novel set in Malaysia, the tragic tale of a failed European trader and his &#34;mixed blood&#34; daughter. DIR Chantal Akerman. CAST Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbé, Aurora Marion, Zac Andrianasolo. Belgium/France. U.S. Premiere. ALPS: DOGTOOTH director Yorgos Lanthimos returns with a tale of a group offering an unusual service for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/chantal-akerman-joseph-cedar-nuri-bilge-ceylan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jafar Panahi/THIS IS NOT A FILM: AFI FEST 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jafar-panahi-this-is-not-a-film-afi-fest-2011/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jafar-panahi-this-is-not-a-film-afi-fest-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:09:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35535</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jafar Panahi, This Is Not a Film AFI FEST 2011 has announced the list of movies screening in the festival's World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight and Shorts programs. Both World Cinema and Breakthrough feature numerous films having their U.S. premieres, including Chantal Akerman's Almayer's Folly, Jean-Marc Vallée's Café du Flore, Alexander Sokurov's Faust, in addition to the North American premiere of Alexandra-Therese Keining's (lesbian) romantic drama [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jafar-panahi-this-is-not-a-film-afi-fest-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BOY, BEDEVILLED, LITTLEROCK, HAMILL Top AFI FEST 2010 Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/boy-bedevilled-littlerock-hamill-afi-fest-2010-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/boy-bedevilled-littlerock-hamill-afi-fest-2010-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:49:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25522</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; The information below is from the AFI FEST website. One film in each of the following sections received an Audience Award: World Cinema BOY: When his absent father returns home, a young boy in 1980’s New Zealand must confront the man he thought he remembered. DIR/SCR Taika Waititi. New Zealand. New Auteurs BEDEVILLED: An island vacation turns deadly for Hae-won when she tries to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/boy-bedevilled-littlerock-hamill-afi-fest-2010-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Darren Aronofsky-Natalie Portman&#039;s BLACK SWAN: AFI FEST 2010 Closing Night Gala</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/darren-aronofsky-natalie-portman-black-swan-afi-fest-2010-closing-night-gala/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/darren-aronofsky-natalie-portman-black-swan-afi-fest-2010-closing-night-gala/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:38:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25501</guid> <description><![CDATA[Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Black Swan AFI FEST 2010 on Thursday, Nov. 11. Among the highlights are: Well, the scheduled highlight of the day is Darren Aronofsky's closing night gala Black Swan. Despite mixed reviews at the Venice Film Festival, this psychological drama/thriller is being touted as a potential Oscar contender in the Best Picture category, and, more likely, in the Best Actress (Natalie Portman) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/darren-aronofsky-natalie-portman-black-swan-afi-fest-2010-closing-night-gala/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>TRON: LEGACY Preview, Jean-Luc Godard&#039;s FILM SOCIALISM, Jacques Tati&#039;s MON ONCLE: AFI FEST 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/tron-legacy-preview-jean-luc-godard-film-socialism-jacques-tati-mon-oncle/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/tron-legacy-preview-jean-luc-godard-film-socialism-jacques-tati-mon-oncle/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 07:34:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25500</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jacques Tati's Mon oncle AFI FEST 2010 on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Among the highlights are: A 60-minute presentation by Buzz Hays, Senior Vice President of the Sony 3D Technology Center, which will include a 20-minute preview of TRON: Legacy, featuring Garrett Hedlund and Jeff Bridges; Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme (with &#34;Navajo English subtitles&#34;), about &#8212; well, your guess is as good as mine; and John [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/tron-legacy-preview-jean-luc-godard-film-socialism-jacques-tati-mon-oncle/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2010: Diego Luna&#039;s ABEL, Surprise &quot;Soon-to-Be-Released Major Hollywood Film&quot;</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/diego-luna-abel-afi-fest-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/diego-luna-abel-afi-fest-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 07:10:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25499</guid> <description><![CDATA[Thomas Vinterberg's Submarino AFI FEST 2010 continues on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Among the highlights are: Diego Luna's directorial debut Abel, a Mexican drama about an unusual nine-year-old and his relationship with his family; Thomas Vinterberg's Danish drama Submarino, the story of two brothers at odds with inner demons following a traumatic childhood; and Michelangelo Frammartino's Le quattro volte (literally, &#34;The Four Times&#34;), in which a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/diego-luna-abel-afi-fest-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE KING&#039;S SPEECH, BLUE VALENTINE, Werner Herzog: AFI FEST 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-kings-speech-blue-valentine-werner-herzog-afi-fest-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-kings-speech-blue-valentine-werner-herzog-afi-fest-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:36:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25320</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs AFI FEST 2010 presented by Audi has announced its Centerpiece Galas: Diego Luna's Abel, Richard J. Lewis' Blarney's Version (perhaps best known as the movie that cost Rachelle Lefevre the role of the evil vampire Victoria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine, George Hickenlooper's Casino Jack, John Wells' The Company Men, and an ensemble [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-kings-speech-blue-valentine-werner-herzog-afi-fest-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Xavier Dolan&#039;s HEARTBEATS at AFI FEST 2010: &quot;New Auteurs,&quot; &quot;Young Americans&quot; Line-Up</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/xavier-dolan-heartbeats-afi-fest-2010-new-auteurs-young-americans/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/xavier-dolan-heartbeats-afi-fest-2010-new-auteurs-young-americans/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:58:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25263</guid> <description><![CDATA[Xavier Dolan, Niels Schneider, Monia Chokri in Dolan's ménage à trois drama Les amours imaginaires / Heartbeats, which was screened at Cannes earlier this year. AFI FEST 2010 presented by Audi announced today the line-up of their new &#34;Young Americans&#34; section and the films showing in the &#34;New Auteurs&#34; section. Also, much like last year, when the rotten US economy forced the shortening of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/xavier-dolan-heartbeats-afi-fest-2010-new-auteurs-young-americans/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: THE LAST STATION, AFTER.LIFE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-last-station-after-life-afi-fest-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-last-station-after-life-afi-fest-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:22:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18348</guid> <description><![CDATA[Helen Mirren, Anne-Marie Duff, Paul Giamatti in The Last Station AFI FEST 2009, Sat., Nov. 7 at the Santa Monica Laemmle Theater 4 on 2nd Street in Santa Monica. AFI FEST 2009 comes to a close with the following screenings: Michael Hoffman's The Last Station, which is set near the end of Leo Tolstoy's life, has been getting lots of Oscar buzz for its stars: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-last-station-after-life-afi-fest-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009 Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:22:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18337</guid> <description><![CDATA[AFI FEST 2009 Awards AFI FEST 2009: Hollywood/Santa Monica, Oct. 30-Nov. 7, 2009 &#160; Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank focuses on a working-class teenager (Katie Jarvis) frustrated that her mother has found a new beau (Michael Fassbender); Javier Rebollo's Woman Without Piano is a dramatic portrait of 24 hours in the life of a Madrid housewife (Carmen Machi); and Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani's Ajami (above) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: POLICE, ADJECTIVE; TO DIE LIKE A MAN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/police-adjective-to-die-like-a-man-afi-fest-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/police-adjective-to-die-like-a-man-afi-fest-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:23:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18334</guid> <description><![CDATA[To Die Like a Man by João Pedro Rodrigues (top); Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu (bottom) AFI FEST 2009 continues in a more compact version on Friday and Saturday at the Santa Monica Laemmle Theater 4 on 2nd Street in Santa Monica. There'll be only four screenings per day, with the last one starting at 5:00 p.m. The screening films on Friday, Nov. 6, are: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/police-adjective-to-die-like-a-man-afi-fest-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: A SINGLE MAN, TRANSCENDENT MAN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/a-single-man-transcendent-man-afi-fest-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/a-single-man-transcendent-man-afi-fest-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:13:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18317</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colin Firth, Julianne Moore in A Single Man (top); Steve Evets, Eric Cantona in Looking for Eric (bottom) AFI FEST 2009 highlights on Thursday, Nov. 5: Robert Barry Ptolemy's Transcendent Man sounds fascinating: Futurist Ray Kurzweil discusses the just-around-the-corner impact of human technology, which has been growing exponentially. Imagine a world without death, hunger, disease. (Well, I'm assuming all those great things will happen if [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/a-single-man-transcendent-man-afi-fest-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: THE ROAD, EASIER WITH PRACTICE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-road-easier-with-practice-afi-fest-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-road-easier-with-practice-afi-fest-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:07:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18310</guid> <description><![CDATA[Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Road (top); Brian Geraghty in Easier with Practice (bottom) Tonight, Wed., Nov. 4, at AFI FEST 2009 in Hollywood: The Road has been getting a lot of Oscar buzz for star Viggo Mortensen, director John Hillcoat, and for the film itself, a futuristic father-son adventure drama set in a post-apocalyptic world. In Eduardo Coutinho's documentary Moscow, the director of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-road-easier-with-practice-afi-fest-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: SOMETHING&#039;S GONNA LIVE, ABOUT ELLY, DOCTOR PARNASSUS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-somethings-gonna-live-doctor-parnassus/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-somethings-gonna-live-doctor-parnassus/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:20:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18216</guid> <description><![CDATA[Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (top); A Lake by Philippe Grandrieux (middle); Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint in North by Northwest (bottom) AFI FEST 2009 highlights, Nov. 2: Daniel Raim's documentary Something's Gonna Live, which features interviews with several behind-the-scenes veterans, including Robert Boyle, Conrad Hall, and Haskell Wexler Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which marks Heath Ledger's last film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-somethings-gonna-live-doctor-parnassus/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: PRECIOUS, THE WHITE RIBBON, AJAMI</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-precious-the-white-ribbon-ajami/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-precious-the-white-ribbon-ajami/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:58:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18214</guid> <description><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire by Lee Daniels (top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (middle); Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi in Vincere by Marco Bellocchio (bottom) Among the Sunday, Nov. 1, highlights at the AFI FEST 2009 at the Chinese Theater complex in Hollywood are: Lu Chuan's historical drama City of Life and Death, winner of the Golden Shell for best picture [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-precious-the-white-ribbon-ajami/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: Phone Sex Gets EASIER WITH PRACTICE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/easier-with-practice-phone-sex-alvarez/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/easier-with-practice-phone-sex-alvarez/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:43:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18112</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brian Geraghty in Easier with Practice Kyle Patrick Alvarez's feature-film debut Easier with Practice, CineVegas Grand Jury Award winner and Best International Feature at the Edinburgh Film Festival, will screen at the AFI FEST 2009 on Wed., November 4, at 10 p.m. Easier with Practice tells the story of a writer (Brian Geraghty of The Hurt Locker) who, in a desperate attempt to promote his [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/easier-with-practice-phone-sex-alvarez/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: SOMETHING&#039;S GONNA LIVE, NORTH BY NORTHWEST</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-art-directors-north-by-northwest/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-art-directors-north-by-northwest/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:41:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17889</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cary Grant in North by Northwest Among the highlights of AFI FEST 2009 is the Nov. 2 screening of AFI Conservatory Alumnus Daniel Raim's documentary Something's Gonna Live, which profiles several behind-the-scenes Hollywood veterans &#8212; most of whom have already passed away &#8212; including production designers Robert Boyle (who turned 100 this past Oct. 10), Henry Bumstead (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sting), Harold Michelson [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-art-directors-north-by-northwest/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: Christopher Plummer, Viggo Mortensen Tributes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/afi-fest-2009-christopher-plummer-viggo-mortensen-tributes/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/afi-fest-2009-christopher-plummer-viggo-mortensen-tributes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:57:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17845</guid> <description><![CDATA[James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer in The Last Station (top); Viggo Mortensen in A History of Violence (bottom) AFI FEST 2009 has selected Christopher Plummer, who'll turn 80 next December, and Viggo Mortensen, 51, as this year's tribute honorees. Sponsored by the Skirball Cultural Center, Plummer’s tribute will precede the screening of The Last Station, in which he plays Leo Tolstoy, on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Mortensen’s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/afi-fest-2009-christopher-plummer-viggo-mortensen-tributes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: A SINGLE MAN &#8211; Closing Night Gala</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-a-single-man-closing-night-gala/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-a-single-man-closing-night-gala/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:12:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17843</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colin Firth, Matthew Goode in A Single Man AFI FEST 2009's Closing Night Gala presentation, the US premiere of Tom Ford's A Single Man, will take place at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday, November 5. (The festival, with screenings in Santa Monica, actually ends on Nov. 7.) Based on a Christopher Isherwood novel, A Single Man chronicles a day &#8212; possibly the last [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-a-single-man-closing-night-gala/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: Heath Ledger, PRECIOUS, FANTASTIC MR. FOX</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/heath-ledger-precious-fantastic-mr-fox/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/heath-ledger-precious-fantastic-mr-fox/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:48:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17839</guid> <description><![CDATA[Fantastic Mr. Fox by Wes Anderson (top); Gabourey Sidibe in Precious (middle); Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (bottom) AFI FEST 2009, the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, kicks off next Friday, Oct. 30, with a screening of Wes Anderson's animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox, featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, and Owen Wilson, among others. Other gala presentations include [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/heath-ledger-precious-fantastic-mr-fox/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: THE WHITE RIBBON / THE PROPHET Swap</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-the-white-ribbon-the-prophet-swap/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-the-white-ribbon-the-prophet-swap/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:39:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17530</guid> <description><![CDATA[AFI FEST 2009 presented by Audi has announced that Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner and Oscar contender The White Ribbon will replace Jacques Audiard's Cannes Grand Prix winner A Prophet in the festival's line-up. Reason for the AFI FEST swap: &#34;a recent change in the release date for A Prophet.&#34; Both films are being distributed in the US by Sony Pictures Classics. The White Ribbon [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-the-white-ribbon-the-prophet-swap/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: Halloween Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-halloween-movies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-halloween-movies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:32:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16867</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Loved Ones by Sean Byrne (top); The Hole by Joe Dante (bottom) AFI FEST 2009 presented by Audi has announced the list of films scheduled for Halloween. They are: Joe Dante’s The Hole Sean Byrne’s The Loved Ones Ted Kotcheff’s Wake in Fright Michael Stephenson’s Best Worst Movie All four films will screen on Saturday, October 31, at the Mann Chinese 6 Theatres in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-halloween-movies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Meryl Streep, Amy Adams at DOUBT Premiere: AFI FEST 2008</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/meryl-streep-amy-adams-doubt-afi-fest-2008/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/meryl-streep-amy-adams-doubt-afi-fest-2008/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5001</guid> <description><![CDATA[AFI FEST 2008 opening night premiere of Miramax Film's Doubt held at ArcLight Hollywood on October 30, 2008 Photos: Kevin Winter / 2008 Getty Images Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, John Patrick Shanley Meryl Streep Amy Adams Amy Adams, Meryl Streep &#160;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/meryl-streep-amy-adams-doubt-afi-fest-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2007 Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2007-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2007-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:56:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2007-awards/</guid> <description><![CDATA[AFI FEST 2007 Awards AFI FEST 2007: ArcLight theater complex in Hollywood, Nov. 1-11, 2007 AFI FEST 2007 Award Winners &#160; &#160;Stephen Berkov (Director, Brand Marketing &#38; Innovation, Audi of America), Jenny Lund (MUNYURANGABO), Nash Edgerton (SPIDER), Lauren Greenfield (KIDS + MONEY), Jeffrey Schwarz (SPINE TINGLER! THE WILLIAM CASTLE STORY), Andreas Mol Dalsgaard (AFGHAN MUSCLES), Micheal Addis (HECKLER), Mike Cagle (Region Director, Western Region, Audi [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2007-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2007 &#8211; Dark Horizons</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/afi-fest-2007-dark-horizons/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/afi-fest-2007-dark-horizons/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:20:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/afi-fest-2007-dark-horizons/</guid> <description><![CDATA[AFI FEST 2007 &#8211; Dark Horizons ECHO (EKKO) Cast: Kim Bodnia, Villads Milthers Fritsche, Stine Fischer Christensen DIR: Andres Morgenthaler PROD: Sarita Christensen CO PROD: Louise Vesth, Marie Gade. Denmark POP SKULL Cast: Lane Hughes, Brandon Carrol, Hanna Hughes, Maggie Henry, L.C. Holt DIR: Adam Wingard PROD: Adam Wingard, E.L. Katz, Lane Hughes. USA SAKURAN Cast: Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shina, Hiroki Narimiya, Yoshino Kimura DIR: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/afi-fest-2007-dark-horizons/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HOTEL RWANDA, GAY REPUBLICANS, DUCK SEASON: AFI FEST Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/afi-fest-awards-2004-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/afi-fest-awards-2004-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:41:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/afi-fest-awards-2004-winners/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda Terry George's Hotel Rwanda, starring Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo, won the top Audience Award at the 2004 AFI FEST, held at the ArcLight theater complex at Sunset and Vine, in the heart of Hollywood. Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke's Temporada de patos / Duck Season received the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film in competition. The Jury Prize in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/afi-fest-awards-2004-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
